The September 2 discrepancy renews questions over tracking gaps, undeclared flights and cargo entering Houthi-controlled territory The United Nations’ newly published flight schedule failed its first transparency test on September 2, when three aircraft reached H...
Information obtained by Sheba Intelligence points to efforts to transfer missile and drone capabilities to Somalia and open a parallel maritime front along the African coast Sheba Intelligence has obtained information about a Houthi plan to expand maritime ...
Open-source funeral records identify 375 Houthi fighters killed in July and August, including 133 announced with military ranks At least 375 Houthi fighters and field commanders were publicly mourned during July and August 2026, according to a Sheba Intelligenc...
New details about weapons transfers, drone training and joint maritime planning confirm a network Sheba Intelligence has tracked since 2023 A Wall Street Journal investigation has revealed that cooperation between Yemen’s Houthis and Somalia&rsq...
Analysis of 20 frames from footage of the seized cargo shows equipment for drone assembly and operation, as Yemen’s National Resistance prepares to release crew confessions. Yemen’s National Resistance is expected to release recorded confessions on...
Jewellery and a dagger reportedly offered inside Yemen, a throne in a French museum and two statues before Swiss courts reveal a trade that extends beyond auction catalogues. Before Yemeni antiquities appear behind museum glass or on international auction platfo...
UAE investment transformed Berbera into a logistics hub, while the Red Sea crisis has drawn Israel, Taiwan and the United States closer as Hargeisa leverages its location in pursuit of recognition Somaliland is using its position on the Gulf of Aden to expand its external re...
Sheba Intelligence exposed the emerging sanctions-evasion structure six days before Washington launched its new campaign against Iran Six days before the United States launched “Operation Economic Outcast,” Sheba Intelligence reported that ...
Seized Iranian weapons are being transferred to the units that intercept them, while some components have been repurposed for the government’s one-way attack drone programme Some of the weapons shipments sent by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the Hou...
Amphetamine seizures nearly tripled in a year as Saudi authorities intercepted 3.6 million pills and 141 tonnes of drugs and qat. The figures also expose the growing intersection between narcotics, Yemen’s war economy and migrant-smuggling routes. Saudi Ar...
From the SIBU 1 hijacking to Houthi restrictions on Israeli-, US-, UK- and Saudi-linked shipping, Sheba Intelligence traces how overlapping threats are reshaping maritime security from the Somali coast to Bab al-Mandab. The hijacking of the tanker SIBU 1&...
Iranian personnel who arrived in Sana’a aboard one of five aircraft this week brought technical equipment designed to detect drones, trace their signals and locate their operators or control sites, a source told Sheba Intelligence. According to the source, the ...
A Yemeni government source told Sheba Intelligence that the government is considering suspending United Nations flights to Sana’a International Airport amid growing concerns that the Houthis are exploiting permits granted to UN aircraft for activities beyond...
The Houthis have deployed major military reinforcements toward Taiz, Mokha and Yemen’s western coast, according to information obtained by Sheba Intelligence, adding to earlier indications that the group intends to increase military pressure on area...
Intelligence sources say the senior IRGC commander toured Houthi fronts before a high-level meeting that discussed a major offensive centred on Marib and Mokha, while Iranian experts were subsequently sent to assess government defences. Sheba Intelligenc...
At least 19 piracy-related incidents have been recorded across Somali waters and the Gulf of Aden since the beginning of 2026, including the hijacking of five commercial vessels since April. The latest seizure reinforces previous Sheba Intelligence reports warning that pirac...
Information obtained by Sheba Intelligence indicates that the Houthis and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are restructuring their financial and commercial networks to sustain military funding amid mounting US pressure on Iranian banks and money-laundering cha...
Technical examinations of missile debris recovered after recent Houthi attacks on Mokha, its port and Yemen’s western coast identified the weapons as Iranian Fateh-110 ballistic missiles, according to National Resistance spokesman Maj. Gen. Sadiq Dowaid. Do...
Sheba Intelligence identifies the UAVs previously presented as “Aiban” and “Nuqm” as SKYWASP long-range attack drones supplied to government forces through coalition military support. Sheba Intelligence has identified a...
Mokha Port has been forced completely out of service following a series of Houthi ballistic missile and drone attacks that caused an estimated $79 million in initial damage. In response to the wider escalation, government forces announced 181 operations against Houthi posit...